Episode 19 - Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves Part 1

Episode 19 - Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves Part 1

From Dragonfly Tales by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Dragonfly Tales

June 12, 2026 · 24 min · Season 7 · Episode 19

About this episode

This episode features the first part of the story 'Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves' from the Arabian Nights collection, narrated by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook.

Hello Story lovers! We are so excited to bring you a two parter from the famous collection: Arabian Nights, also known as ‘The Thousand and One Nights!’ Do you remember the Fisherman and the Genie back in Season one? That’s from the Arabian nights. All the tales are told by the beautiful Sheherazade who tells a story every night for 1001 nights so that her husband, the King, will keep her alive - yikes! Her stories are so entertaining, and she’s so very clever, she leaves them on a bit of a cliff hanger so the King just has to hear how the story ends the next night! And it saves her life. We are leaving a bit of cliffhanger too! Part 1 this week and Part 2 next week!! If you want to read more of the tales in this brilliant collection, you can find them HERE . Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Hanna-Grazebrook

Topics covered

  • storytelling
  • Arabian Nights
  • cliffhanger
  • children's stories
  • family entertainment

Keywords

  • Ali Baba
  • Forty Thieves
  • Arabian Nights
  • Sheherazade
  • storytelling
  • children's stories
  • cliffhanger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Facebook, Instagram

Books & works: Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves, Arabian Nights

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